The Mao quote, from 22 December 1968, reads "It is absolutely necessary for educated young people to go to the countryside to be re-educated by the poor and lower-middle peasants" (知识青年到农村去，接受贫下中农的再教育，很有必要). Other slogans read "Long live Chairman Mao" (毛主席万岁), "Learn from the poor and lower-middle peasants" (向贫下中农民学习), "Go to the countryside" (到农村去).